Celebrating 129 Years of NNA

The National Newspaper Association tries to reinforce best practices to its members so they can maximize the quality of delivery in a world where the number of postal processing plants appears headed for further reduction. USPS plans to close 82 more plants in 2015 since Congress failed to come up with a relief package for arbitrary charges it levied in 2006 to help the federal deficit at mailer expense, among other things.

For the fourth year in a row, Kidsville News!, a literacy and educational newspaper initiative based in Fayetteville, NC, has stepped up to sponsor the National Newspaper Association’s Newspaper And Education contest.

Newspapers hoping to use drones to photograph crop disasters, floods and even accidents received long-awaited guidance in February from the Federal Aviation Administration in the form of proposed rules that still might not become final until 2017.

WASHINGTON—The looming threat of a federal advertising tax—proposed in the form of denying newspaper advertisers the right to fully deduct expenses—is bringing newspaper publishers to Washington March 19 to convince Congress that the tax would weaken local economies.

Jeff David, Elizabeth Parker and Derek Sawvell were honored during the National Newspaper Association’s 128th Annual Convention & Trade Show, when they were presented with the 2014 Amos, McKinney and Phillips awards, respectively.

The National Newspaper Association tries to reinforce best practices to its members so they can maximize the quality of delivery in a world where the number of postal processing plants appears headed for further reduction. USPS plans to close 82 more plants in 2015 since Congress failed to come up with a relief package for arbitrary charges it levied in 2006 to help the federal deficit at mailer expense, among other things.

The U.S. Postal Service surprised the mailing industry by filing a postage price increase at CPI as allowed under current law Jan. 15, to be effective April 26. The Urban CPI 12-month average is 1.9666, or about 2 percent. Price increases proposed to the Postal Regulatory Commission mostly cluster around that 2 percent number, with the average allowed by class.

WASHINGTON—Higher postage rates for 2015 driven by two separate developments surprised publishers in January as the U.S. Postal Service announced its annual inflationary price increase and quietly rescinded a discount available in 2014 to publishers entering mail at transportation hubs.

As postal processing plants close and are merged from smaller regional Sectional Center Facilities into much larger urban plants, newspapers and other small businesses trying to use the mail often find themselves caught up in problems associated with the changing mail infrastructure.